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Despite the wealth of contenders, the sighs of unrequited love are likely to linger, especially among Democrats. Dreamy scenarios will be spun about luring one of the reluctant warriors into the fray, though it is already too late for a new entry to organize for the early primaries. Those could of course transform one or two of the active dwarfs into giants. But if that does not happen, the murmurs about Nunn or Cuomo or Bradley sweeping in and brokering their way to victory could start up anew...
...Korea's increasingly bitter cycle of protest, but it was dramatic enough to indicate that the crisis was not abating. The demonstrations climaxed a week that had up to then been dominated by a potentially hopeful outbreak of meetings and discussions. For the first time the U.S. entered the fray in a major way. Assistant Secretary of State Gaston Sigur was dispatched on a hastily arranged three-day visit to Seoul with instructions to assess the situation and warn the government against a military crackdown. Chun, for his part, offered a major concession to his opponents. But opposition leaders rejected...
...prevent the campus rioting from spilling into the surrounding streets and possibly igniting more disorder, police used armored cars and tear gas, and charged with clubs in wave after wave. By Friday the violent protests had spread to 34 universities, and at least 10,000 students had joined the fray. Dozens of injuries were reported, but, miraculously, no deaths...
Others are joining the fray. The most notable is Wynand Malan (no relation & to the founder of apartheid), who announced that he was resigning from the Nationalists to campaign for his own seat as an independent. "The National Party finds itself in a stage where it is losing its ideology and yet is unable to replace it with a policy," said Malan. "I did not clash with the National Party, I clashed with my conscience. And in the end, conscience wins...
...Texaco-Pennzoil case, it will grind on, perhaps for years. Pennzoil has so far spent at least $20 million in its legal bouts with Texaco, which in turn has spent several times that amount. Pennzoil, ominously enough, has built up a $300 million legal kitty to carry on the fray. Says the pugnacious Liedtke: "If they want to play burnout, it will be a while...